[title]Family quotes[/title] [description]Welcome to our family quotes section! Here you'll find some of the funniest (and wisest) quotes on the subject of family life![/description]
Learn English and meet people on the world’s largest EFL social network

We have partnered with TradePub to bring you free industry magazines and resources - no coupons or credit cards required!

Visit: englishforums.tradepub.com


Share this topic:
This question is Not Answered
Latest post Sat, Jul 28 2007 5:58 PM by Lil' Ruby Rose. 1 replies.
Suggest an answer | | |
Stevenukd  +  397887 Sat, 28 Jul 07 05:53 PM

Dear Teachers,

1. If you don't open the damn door, I will break it and rush in.

- Is this natural?

Thanks so much to Teachers,

 Stevenukd.

Joined on Wed, Aug 31 2005
Vietnam
Regular Member 946
Lil' Ruby Rose  +  397891 Sat, 28 Jul 07 05:58 PM

I think the "rush in" part is redundant - it's implied by the context.  If you really wanted to emphasise the fact that you're going to enter the room after breaking down the door, you might say "and force my way in" rather than "rush in".

I think I would say "If you don't open the damn door, I'm going to break it down".

Joined on Wed, Dec 20 2006
Regular Member 879
Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.
© MediaCet Ltd. 2009, v5.0.3615.39139. All content posted by our users is a contribution to the public domain, this does not include imported usenet posts.*
For web related enquires please contact us on webmaster@mediacet.com, status updates are available at status.mediacet.com.
*Usenet post removal: Use 'X-No-Archive'. You may not have understood that your posts would end up in the public domain. Please send proof of the poster's email, we will remove immediately.